Subject: Fw: virus alert (fwd)

From: Tanya Raye Dowdall <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 09:18:49 -0400 (AST)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 
> If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete
> it WITHOUT reading it.  Below is a little explanation of the message,
>  ...and  what it would do to your PC if you were to read the message.
> 
> This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous
> virus propogating across the internet through an e-mail message entitled
>  "PENPAL GREETINGS!".  DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL
> GREETINGS!"  This message appears to be a friendly letter asking you if
you
> are interested in a penpal, but by the time you read this letter, it is
too
> late.  The "trojan horse" virus will have already infected the boot
sector
> of your hard drive, destroying all of the data present. It is a
> self-replicating virus, and once the message is read, it will
AUTOMATICALLY
> forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address is
> present in YOUR mailbox!  This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and
> holds the potential to DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in
> your inbox, and who's mail is in their inbox, and so on.  If this virus
> remains unchecked, it has the potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to
> computer networks worldwide!!!!
> Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon
> as you see it!  And pass this message along to all of your friends
> and relatives, and the other readers of the newsgroups and mailing
> lists which you are on, so that they are not hurt by this
> dangerous virus!!!!
> ========================================================
> Note,
> 
> There is also a E-Mail virus called GOOD TIMES which is similar to above
> and should be deleted
> 
> _________________
> Don McCormick
> 
>

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From: Steve Howie <[email-masked]>
Date: 8 Jan 1997 16:09:31 GMT

Urban legend strikes again, version 2301.3 Rev B

Tanya Raye Dowdall <[email-masked]> wrote:

:---------- Forwarded message ----------
:> 
:> If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete
:> it WITHOUT reading it.  Below is a little explanation of the message,
:>  ...and  what it would do to your PC if you were to read the message.
:> 

Ignore this. You can't get in trouble by reading a mail message. But 
don't extract attachments with a .exe suffix save, then run them

:> Note,
:> 
:> There is also a E-Mail virus called GOOD TIMES which is similar to above
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^
:> and should be deleted
:> 

Says it all right there ... :)

Once again, kiddies - HOAX HOAX HOAX

-- 
Scotty
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